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A distillation of Arts Watch, the weekly e-blast of Americans for the Arts. This week: The states of decline.
When a blogger takes on the president of the Kennedy Center, we get a lack of unanimity.
Should green theater be a priority for the American stage?
Says the right-of-center scribe, neither left nor right have "nuclear weapons or inters its citizens in gulags."
Only about 12 people will be able to see Afterclap per performance.
Expectations, says Betty Buckley, "can't determine what goes on in my process."
Everything depends on how one defines "major."
Con Edison's program of composer residencies announces open call for new applications.
One of the pillars of American theater history passes -- a personal remembrance.
A comedy troupe's take on politics derives energy from our national exhaustion with insurmountable issues.
A consensus exploring a pro-arts real-estate tax credit in Gotham is emerging, but it needs public support.
Norma Munn, chairperson of the NYC Arts Coalition, rings alarm bells for arts funding in Gotham.
Theater of a Two-Headed Calf's take on Susan Glaspell's "Trifles" comes down to one director, one vision.
As one arts blogger observed, former NEA chair Bill Ivey nailed it: The GOP uses arts as a political wedge.
Says the Abingdon Theatre Company artistic director, "How many ways can you write, 'I didn't see which way he went?' It's in the character's background where you achieve specificity."
A Guardian profile of the master director raises an uncomfortable idea: Has Brook lived too long?
Blogger Thomas Garvey revisits Emily Glassberg Sands' report on bias against women playwrights.
A proposed tax break for landlords who give "longer leases at below-market rates" to artists is gaining political momentum in Gotham.
A drop in federal funding is also seen "due to the phase-out of one-time funding" of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
A distillation of Arts Watch, the weekly e-blast of Americans for the Arts. This week: Prince and the arts paupers.
The "Awesome '80s Prom" scribe considers the stress of college, being passed over for a lead in school plays and cyber-bullying.
The Shelby Company will lose money no matter what, says writer-producer Moyer, so why not mount work that excites them?
A reporter ties the closing of Ragtime to widespread joblessness and spurs commentary on arts funding and the dysfunction of the nonprofit and commercial theater models.
A drop in federal funding is also seen "due to the phase-out of one-time funding" of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
